Hi, what do you think about this snuff bottle, it is certianly not Qianlong as the mark wants to suggest, but could it be late 19th c? Or is it a modern fake? Height is 5.8 cm. Thank you in advance for your comments!
Mat
And two more pictures...
Hi Mat, I think your right, late Qing to early republic.
Thank you Stan, good to know, a snuff bottle collector had suggested it might be modern because he has not seen the shape again on snuff bottles, but it also has a lot of wear which can not be seen in the photos, of a kind which is difficult to imitate in my opinion...
Mat
The foo lions are unusual but everything else look right.
Thank you again Stan, that's what I thought...
Could be inspired by Cong vases which have sometimes lion handles...